The Skeptic’s Guide I

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to American History Taught by Professor Mark A. Stoler THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT

What Really Happened in Our Nation’s Past?

Our knowledge of American history is built on a set of long-accepted beliefs. But what if those beliefs—however familiar—don’t really tell the whole story? What we believe to be history is the lens through which we view the world. And when that lens is distorted with misleading information, it has powerful effects on everything from how we vote to how we interpret the news.

Now you can reexamine many commonly held myths and half-truths about U.S. history in The Skeptic’s Guide to American History. Delivered in 24 lectures by award-winning Professor Mark A. Stoler of The University of Vermont, this bold course will make you consider what actually happened in the nation’s past—as opposed to what many believe happened. More than merely debunking accepted accounts, you’ll be able to replace these misconceptions with insightful truths.

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LECTURE TITLES 1. Religious Toleration in Colonial America? 2. Neither American nor Revolutionary? 3. The Constitution Did Not Create a Democracy 4. Washington—Failures and Real Accomplishments 5. Confusions about Jeff erson and Hamilton 6. Andrew Jackson—An Odd Symbol of Democracy 7. The Second Great Awakening—Enduring Impacts 8. Did Slavery Really Cause the Civil War? 9. The Civil War’s Actual Turning Points 10. The Myth of Laissez-Faire 11. Misconceptions about the Original Populists 12. Labor in America—A Strange History 13. Myths about American Isolation and Empire 14. Early Progressives Were Not Liberals 15. Woodrow Wilson and the Rating of Presidents 16. The Roaring Twenties Reconsidered 17. Hoover and the Great Depression Revisited 18. What Did Roosevelt’s New Deal Really Do? 19. World War II Misconceptions and Myths 20. Was the Cold War Inevitable? 21. The Real Blunders of the Vietnam War 22. Myths about American Wars 23. Who Matters in American History? 24. History Did Not Begin with Us

The Skeptic’s Guide to American History Course no. 8588 | 24 lectures (30 minutes/lecture)

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